Sweet Stop Sketch 141

Happy Saturday Everyone!!

I'm teaching a class at Stamp & Scrap A'Latte in Spring Hill, Florida today and we will be coloring this sweet Whipper Snapper Designs image, Hugs for Ike.  I'm using this adorable duo as an example on  how you can use your Copics to color black and white with high contrast.  

I've used papers from Echo Park (Yours Truly) and popped the image panel up with foam tape for dimension. A touch of Star Dust Stickles was added to give the snow some sparkle.  Using a banner die for the sentiment and a scrumptious strip of Silver Pleated Satin Ribbon from the Ribbon Carousel turned out to be fabulous elements to complete this weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop.  

I hope you will find some time to check out what the other Sugar Babies have done with this weeks sketch and then play along with us.

Janice Melton

Monika Davis

Shannon White

Cathy McCauley

Kim O'Connell

Shelby Goolsby

Lorie Ames

Chris Dickinson

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Sun-sational

Remember last week, when my daughter Brooke asked me to make a card for her?  Well, naturally Nathan wanted a card too.  :)  So when I told him he could chose the stamp for me to use, he also wanted to pick the paper and all the embellishments as well.  No biggie, but the boy could NOT make up his mind. Just as I would get started he would change his mind and pick a new image...or different paper!!  I didn't want to zap his creativity...but it sure did MINE and as a result I'm not really sure I like this card very much.  BUT, Nathan LOVES it and that's all that matters.  :)

Of course I used this weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop for my layout design along with an image from Whipper Snapper Designs - Big Kahuna.  The sentiment you see on the cork banner is computer generated.  I adhered a small scrap of cork to a sheet of copy paper and then I ran it through my printer.  It worked like a dream!! - just give it a few minutes for the ink to dry throughly or else it might smear.   

And don't forget...the other Sugar Babies have created beautiful sketch 

samples to inspire you with today.  I hope you will stop by and check them out.

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                    Janice Melton

                                            Jennipher Lowery

                                                Monika Davis

                                              Korin Sutherland

                                               Shannon White

                                             Cathy McCauley

                                               Kim O'Connell

                                              Shelby Goolsby
                                                

Thank so much for stopping by!

King of Our Jungle

It's Saturday and time for another sketch from The Sweet Stop.

This was such a fun sketch and it came together in a snap too.  It's been a crazy last few weeks for me and I haven't had much time at all for creating or blogging.  :(    Thank goodness my husband isn't a regular reader of my blog because this is his Father's Day card from me.  The image is Whipper Snapper Designs, The King of the Jungle and was the very 1st stamp I ever bought....and can you believe this is the first time it's seen ink? (shame shame, I know)  It was super fun to color, but I'm not sure I'm lovin' how his mane turned out.  Like I said, I didn't have much time and it was a bit of a rush job....wish I could have spent more time on it.  Brooke also touched it while her hand was WET (OMG!!) and smeared this paw.  The DP is from the MME Mabel paper pad, I just love the warms rich colors.  The image panel and the crown were both popped up with foam tape for added dimension.  And normally I wouldn't add bling to a masculine card...but in this case I think it works!!  :)

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments = #29 For a Male + sentiment

Cute Card Thursday = #167 Embellish Image

Some Odd Girl = Manly

The Paper Shelter = #16 Glad for Dad

Simon Says Stamp = Father's Day

Truly Scrumptious = #58 Summer Sparkle

Shopping Our Stash = #2 Oldie but Goodie (My 1st stamp)

Lexi Creations = #41 Father's Day

The Sugar Babies have gorgeous sketch samples to share with you today, so stop by and check them out.

Korin Sutherland
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Shelby Goolsby
Janice Melton
   Jennipher Lowery

Thanks so much for stopping by...hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

Birthday Wishes

It's the beginning of what I call "Birthday Season" in our family and I'm already a little behind.  In January alone is my Husbands, Sons, Father's and Step-Father's birthday.  All male cards!!

This adorable little trio is one of the first stamps I ever bought, but sadly never found the time to use. (That's another of my New Year's Resolutions...use my neglected stamps)  It's a Whipper Snapper Designs image called Dog, Cat & Mouse.  The coloring went rather fast on this one which surprised me for it being such a large image.

Of course with it being a large and tall image it was perfect for this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge.  I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week and use this fabulous sketch.   

As always, here's a close up

Copic's Used:

Dog: E25, E35, E31, E30, R00

Cat: YR24, Y23, Y21, E50, E41, R02

Mouse: W7, W5, W3, W1, RV34, R00

Flower: BG72, YG23, YG95

Outline/Shadow: C5, C3, C1, BG0000

Challenges:

Craft Your Days Away = #11 Anything Goes
Stampin For the Weekend = #1 New & Blue (New slot punch)
Cute Card Thursday = #146 Out With the Old (Old Image)
Dutch Dare = #94 New Beginnings (New Stash - Embossing Folder)
Charismacards = #1 Birthday's & Celebrations
Stampin Royalty = #53 Birthday Theme
Papertake Weekly = Anything Goes
CES Challenges = #18 All Creatures Great & Small

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper Designs (Dog, Cat & Mouse)

Paper: Basic Grey (Max & Whiskers)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Ticket: Tim Holtz

Ribbon: American Crafts

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Argyle)

Punch: EK Success (Notebook Edge)

Accessories: Pop Dots

Happy Easter

This is the Easter card that I will be sending out to family and friends this year. So I needed a quick, simple image and card design to make mass producing easy and fast. I had been running this design around in my head for a week or more and saw that Eat Sleep Stamp had this as a sketch, I knew it was the one I wanted to use!

The image is from Whipper Snapper, DP from Autumn Leaves, Glossy Accent on the bunny's nose, paws and ladybug, a light blue pearl and waterfall Stickles on the flower. The sentiment is from PTI (Mailbox Greetings) and so is the button.

This card is for a few challenges this week. I've recently discovered Pile It On Challenge Blog and I thought it would be fun to try it. They have challenge blogs listed by the day that the challenge starts. So it's really easy to find a challenge to play along with, and all in one place!

List of Challenges:
Pile It On = Animal-Riffic
Eat Sleep Stamp = Sketchy Thursday # 76
Cute Card Thursday = Challenge # 105 Dimensions
Paper Play Challenges = Easter
Stamp Simply = Challenge # 132 Easter
Colour Create = Challenge # 41 Your Choice of Pastels



Copics Used: RV34, RV32, R20, R00, YG17, YG13, YG03, B91


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Welcome Baby!!

My husband's nephew and his wife just had their little baby girl Malina!! She's almost 3 weeks old and I got to meet her yesterday. She is a little beauty! Mine are still "babies" at just 2 and 3 years old, but it was so fun to hold a tiny little one. Her mommy looked so beautiful, happy and skinny already! LOL. Since her mommy also keeps all of the cards I have ever made her (love, love, love her for that!!!) I came home and made a card to welcome her little girl !

The image is Whipper Snapper Designs, Bella. I love this image because it is perfect for a boy or a girl. I used Stickles (cotton candy) on her bow, but it isn't showing up well in the picture. The tag was once again made with my Cricut, Storybook cartridge and computer generated sentiment. Quick coloring with my Copics (I think I use too many colors. LOL) and it was done.

Once again here's a close up.



Copics Used:
Hair - Y21
Bow - RV32, R20
Skin - E00, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Diaper - BG0000

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Surf's Up Dude!

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I know we have a long way until Summer gets here, but I just had to use this Whipper Snapper Designs stamp. The stamp is The Big Kahuna. My nephew, Jordan is 12 years old today and I had to make a card to give him for his party tomorrow. He lives right across the street from the beach, and he loves to surf; so this seemed a perfect fit.

I was so excited to play with my copic markers today that I started coloring before I chose my paper. So after wasting precious nap time (i.e. Mommy time) looking for paper to match what I had already colored, I came up with nothing. Can you believe it? Nothing! I had adorable paper with orange and brown that would have been perfect, but I had no time to recolor. So frustrating. (That's why you pick you paper first and color to match the paper). Besides, I really thought he was cute and didn't want to redo it. Anyway, I went with no designer paper at all and opted to put my Cuttlebug to use. I think it worked out fine. The card design is a little boring, but I love the coloring job I did!

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Copics:
Surf Board - B29, B23, B21, Y17, Y15, BG11, BG10
Shorts - Y17, Y15, BG11, BG10
Mouse - C5, C3, C2, C1
Ears & Nose - RV32, R20, R00
Sand - E31, E30